| DONCASTER ST LEGER 1898 | |||
The 123rd winner of the St Leger, held on Wednesday 7th September 1898 over the Old St Leger course on Town Moor, was Wildfowler, a chestnut colt by Gallinule out of tragedy, owned by Captin Henry Greer. A field of 12 runners contested the race, although there were 217 subscriptions of 25 sovereigns each, which was worth 5425 sovereigns. The value to thw inner was £5,000. (Equivalent to £600,000 in 2017) WILDFOWLER SR 1922 |
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| Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Owner/Betting |
| WILDFOWLER | Charles Wood | Sam Darling | Captain Henry Greer 10/1 |
| JEDDAH | John Watts |  |
Mr Larnach 5/6 fav |
| BRIDEGROOM II | Tommy Loates | Mr A Belmont 25/1 | |
| SCHONBERG | Fred Rickaby | Lord Stanley 25/1 | |
| NINUS | Morny Cannon | Prince Soltykoff 100/7 | |
| PHEON | Otto Madden | Lord Ellesmere 100/8 | |
| CANOPUS | W Bradford | Prince Soltykoff 250/1 | |
| DUNLOP | F Pratt | Mr W Ward 20/1 | |
| HECKLER | N Robinson | Mr R C Gaston 100/1 | |
| GREENAN | F Allsopp | Mr J H Houldsworth 33/1 | |
| DISRAELI | Sam Loates | Mr Wallace Johnstone 100/6 | |
| NEISH | R Jones | Duke of Devonshire 200/1 | |
| The start was delayed by a couple of false starts, but once they were allowed to go it was Dunlop and Disraeli who set the early pace. By the time they had reached the hill it was Canopus' turn to lead from the front and, despite being an outsider, he led to 3 furlongs out. Jeddah took over 2 out, but Watts was immediately concerned at how well Wildfowler was travelling. He was right to be worried beacuse Wildflower led at the distance and easily drew away to win by 4 lengths in 3 minutes 13 seconds, with 6 lengths between the favourite and Bridegroom II. | Over Round 102% | ||
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